荒っぽい (arappoi) conjugation
rough, rude
荒っぽい (あらっぽい, arappoi) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 荒っぽい arappoi | 荒っぽいです arappoidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 荒っぽくない arappokunai | 荒っぽくないです arappokunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 荒っぽかった arappokatta | 荒っぽかったです arappokattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 荒っぽくなかった arappokunakatta | 荒っぽくなかったです arappokunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 荒っぽくて arappokute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 荒っぽく arappoku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 荒っぽい〜 arappoi〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 荒っぽければ arappokereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 荒っぽかったら arappokattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 荒っぽくなる arappokunaru | 荒っぽくなります arappokunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 荒っぽすぎる arapposugiru | 荒っぽすぎます arapposugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 荒っぽそう arapposou | 荒っぽそうです arapposoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.